Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Who Would Have Thunk It

Well, here we are at week 16 and the baby it still growing strong. I had my 16 week check up yesterday and had some blood drawn this afternoon (how I hate to get my blood drawn). I got to listen to the baby's heart beat and feel him/her moving around in protest to the heart monitor pushing on my belly. I was very pleased to learn that I had lost 6 pounds since my appointment 6 weeks ago. I was a little worried about my weight when I first found out I was pregnant, because I had really wanted to lose some weight before I got pregnant again. So my next option was to hope that this pregnancy would be similar to my first pregnancy, where I lost 10 pounds instead of gaining weight.

I know, who would have thought that getting pregnant would be a good diet plan. Well, honestly it isn't, but it really makes me think about really taking care of my body for my baby's sake. Plus, it really doesn't help that I started my pregnancies out being overweight. With Olivia, I managed to maintain my weight for most of my pregnancy, then I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. Because of that, I really had to watch what I was eating to make sure that there were no complications with the baby or myself. Mostly I was worried about the baby. Thankfully, I was able to keep my blood sugars under control and because of it I lost 10 pounds during the last 10 weeks of my pregnancy which put at a very healthy weight for my pregnancy. Once I had Olivia, I told myself that I was going to keep to the diet and that with nursing I would be back to the weight I was before I was married. Well, I got lazy and relied too much on the fact that I was nursing so I was already burning calories.

So, here we are with baby number two on the way, thankfully I'm not as overweight as I was when I started off my pregnancy with Olivia, but slightly overweight non-the-less. Even though it hasn't been confirmed yet that I have gestational diabetes, I am treating my body the same way. Even if I don't have gestational diabetes, which isn't likely to happen, I intend to keep going with this diet so I can be at a healthy weight when this baby arrives. And this time, I've got a head start.

2 comments:

I'm so excited that you are having another baby. I can't wait to find out what you are having. I pray that this pregnancy will go better for you. I saw your little girl tonight. She is so adorable. I hope to see you soon. It's been way too long.Love,Nanette

About Me

We are Franklin and Angela Workman. Franklin is a Colombian Virgo who speaks Spanish, talks too much, and enjoys making his wife laugh out loud. Angela is still coming to terms with the fact that she married probably the most amazing, craziest little kid of a man in the world. We were married on June 24th, 2005 in the Logan LDS Temple for time and all eternity and absurdity! From the moment we met we have been through over 8 years of absolute adventure. Part of that adventure has included the addition of tthree hyper kids Olivia, JD and Logan. Since they've come into our family, there hasn't been one dull day, but we've loved every day of being parents.